Saturday, 15th October 2016

The highlight today was a Hawfinch which was picked up on call as it came in from the east and dropped into the Mount just as it started to rain. The bird was found skulking in dense cover on the east bank where it remained for a couple of minutes before flying off calling to the south. Also another Yellow-browed Warbler was in the Mount this morning.

Hawfinch

Offshore

17 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers west and 1 Red-throated Diver.

Visible Migration

1 Short-eared Owl 'in-off', 3 Coal Tits south-east, 6 Skylarks south, 32 Starlings south, 6 Blackbirds south-east, 38 Redwings south-east, 10 Alba Wagtails south, 17 Meadow Pipits south, 1 Rock Pipit south, 7 Bramblings south-east, 74 Chaffinch south-east, 1 Hawfinch - see above, 3 Linnets south, 6 Goldfinch south and 2 Reed Buntings south-east.

Grounded Migrants

1 Short-eared Owl, 11 Goldcrests, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, 25 Blackbirds, 20 Fieldfares,

13 Song Thrushes, 70 Redwings, 21 Robins,4 Stonechats, 1 Wheatear and 6 Reed Buntings.

Others

300 Wigeons, 75 Teal, 2 Pintails, 4 Little Egrets, 33 Golden Plovers, 500 Lapwings, 37 Ringed Plovers, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 135 Turnstones, 120 Sanderlings, 100 Dunlins, 1 Med. Gull and 2 Stonechats.

 

 Sanderling

Ringing

5 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Chaffinch and 1 Goldfinch.

 

 Long-tailed Tit